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Tourism in Egypt

Tourism is the most important sources of national income in Egypt, and the Egyptian people are used to the presence of tourists in their midst since ancient times. Egypt is characterized by an abundance of tourist attractions of all kinds, because of the abundance of temples also Alotharohnak Algarihalfronah started out a lot of Pharaonic sayings that have been cared for and invested tourist attraction, and tourism infrastructure, which includes five-star hotels, tourist villages and travel agencies and airline offices are available, and is considered a tourist congestion In general in Cairo, Alexandria and the Red Sea Governorate, Hurghada and the Sinai, especially South Sinai in Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab and Nuweiba, where sports sport diving, which attracts tourists from around the world and in particular from Germany and Italy are a fan of this type of sports, where that Egypt is characterized Ali Alalhaab reefs rare in the Red Sea and the types of fish that they held festivals and competitions fishing yacht, which comes to fishing enthusiasts of Egyptians and Alojanb.kma Egypt is one of the leading tourist countries in the world where the number of tourists visiting Egypt reached more than 9.79 million tourists in 2007 M.kma that Egypt world-ranked 58 among 124 countries in a competitive tourism index.

Tourist attractions in the Greater Cairo area

Giza Pyramids

Cairo Tower

Zamalek Island

Carving hieroglyphic writing in Memphis (Egypt)

Statue third Thtamos in Luxor Museum

Abu Simbel temple carved in the rock.

Edfu Temple in Aswan

Philae Island

Islamic Museum

Decorations from Cairo

Tourist attractions in Alexandria Governorate

Citadel of Qaitbay

Masts column

Roman theater com Dekka area

Alexandria National Museum

The statue of the Pharaoh Akhenaten (M.o.q.)

Mosaic (Alexandria National Museum)

BA mural highlights the languages ​​of the world

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

There is also the city's major commercial centers than the date of establishment cent each year: Green Plaza

Carrefour

Omar Effendi

Gatineau

(Salon Verdi) Green saloon

Zahran Mall

Hanno

San Stefano Grand Plaza

Hacorell

Deep Mall

Shamla

Fathallah Mall

Arco

Shopping can also be from other areas such as: Manshiya, Rue sixes, Abrahamic, Cinema Street Acatih, Cleopatra, Saad Zaghloul Street, Safia Zaghloul Street, Fouad Street.

The proportion of hotels in Alexandria are lower than other cities in Egypt, such as Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh and Luxor to reach them large numbers of tourists and foreign visitors, but there is the distinct range of hotels such as Hotel Helnan Palestine (for gardens), Sofitel, Hotel Salamlek (held this 1892 hotel m. by order of the Khedive Abbas Hilmi II features this hotel as a shrine on a hill inside the gardens which is one of the most beautiful beaches of Alexandria City). Four Seasons San Stefano (hotel count Hotel and Casino San Stefano old of the most luxurious hotels in Egypt and the city of Alexandria in particular in the first half of the twentieth century and in the fifties, where the aristocracy and the Egyptian foreign and famous art and politics of the leading Mrtade, the old hotel demolition in the nineties after Egyptian company bought real estate and established his shop and hotel complex with a large commercial Marina particular) are also several branches of the hotels bearing the names of world. [2]

Tourism in Sinai and the Red Sea

Short Beach near the city on the Red Sea

Corniche Dahab in the evening

Sharm El-Shaikh

Religious tourism

There are several aspects of tourism in Egypt, including the religious nature tourism, which includes a visit with connotations or religious important sites in the three, Christianity and Islam religions Judaism example, multiple Islamist significant places in Egypt mismatch mosque of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed bin Abdullah, peace be upon him in Cairo "where there is a tomb featuring the head", in addition to historic mosques such as Ibn Tulun Mosque and the Al-Azhar mosque and the walls of historic Cairo and Saladin Citadel, as no religious significance Christian sites Church of St. Sergius resorted to by the Holy Family during the resort to Egypt pending the monastery and church of St. Catherine Monastery Saint Anthony, the founder of monasticism and the monastery of Saint Paul in the Red Sea as well as the Monastery of Our Lady of Muharraq Monastery Dronka in Assiut and many monasteries, ancient churches and innumerable There is also a religious connotation Jewish in Egypt, such as Mount Moses in the Sinai and the synagogue Ben Ezra in ancient Egypt in Cairo sites where there is a deep well next to the Jews believed "that the mother of Moses was in store for him for fear of the Pharaoh" and synagogue Hmaam motto "Heaven's Gate" in central Cairo synagogue and Yahoo Hnabe Street Prophet Daniel and Menasha synagogue in Alexandria.

Islamic religious shrines

In Egypt a lot of mosques important historical and mosques including Hakim Mosque, as well as the mosques of Al al-Bayt, including the Al-Hussein mosque (p) and Zainab (AS) as there are other historic mosques, including al-Rifai mosque in which to bury the royal family members, and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, one of the The most important points in the tourist programs organized by companies.

Citadel in Cairo

Mohammed Ali Mosque